republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-1960.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: Basic Inspection of Terminals program."
description: "Existing law, the Basic Inspection of Terminals (BIT) program, makes it unlawful for a motor carrier to operate a specified type of vehicle, including, but not limited to, combination of a motortruck and a specified vehicle or vehicles that exceeds 40 feet in length when coupled together, without identifying to the Department of the California Highway Patrol all terminals, as defined, in this state where vehicles may be inspected by the department and where vehicle inspection and maintenance records and driver records will be made available for inspection. Existing law requires motor carriers to make vehicles and records available for inspection upon request by an authorized representative of the department."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1960"
citation: "California AB 1960 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: Basic Inspection of Terminals program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lackey"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-02-12"
last_action: "2016-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5be4070f-805e-41d5-bdb6-7073c6c4de4b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1960"
source_hash: "0b5da96a4df9df1515486eb63387c6ad866bb2185ab2c8d71b64974d8954af6e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1960 (20152016) — Vehicles: Basic Inspection of Terminals program.

Existing law, the Basic Inspection of Terminals (BIT) program, makes it unlawful for a motor carrier to operate a specified type of vehicle, including, but not limited to, combination of a motortruck and a specified vehicle or vehicles that exceeds 40 feet in length when coupled together, without identifying to the Department of the California Highway Patrol all terminals, as defined, in this state where vehicles may be inspected by the department and where vehicle inspection and maintenance records and driver records will be made available for inspection. Existing law requires motor carriers to make vehicles and records available for inspection upon request by an authorized representative of the department.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/12/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1960&version=20150AB196099INT)
2. **03/18/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1960&version=20150AB196098AMD)
3. **05/05/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1960&version=20150AB196097AMD)
4. **08/02/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1960&version=20150AB196096AMD)
5. **08/17/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1960&version=20150AB196095AMD)
6. **09/28/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1960&version=20150AB196093CHP)
7. **AB1960** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1960)
8. **08/30/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1960&version=20150AB196094ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1960 Lackey By Galgiani — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1960 LACKEY Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1960 LACKEY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lackey — primary (person)
- Bigelow — coauthor (person)
- Dodd — coauthor (person)
- Frazier — coauthor (person)
- Galgiani — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2016-03-17** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2016-04-06** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2016-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-04** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 4). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-05-05** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4791.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-19** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-17** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5306.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6387.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:30 p.m.
- **2016-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 748, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5be4070f-805e-41d5-bdb6-7073c6c4de4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).